The lack of property assessment information
is the most glaring deficiency in comparing
Allegheny County's site with the main counties
in the other PG Benchmarks regions.

But it's not the only shortfall when it comes
to using Internet and computer technology to
cut costs or to serve residents, the PG Benchmarks
survey found.

Per Madsen, the county's new chief information
officer, wasn't surprised.

"The county did not devote the assets to computers
until the Y2K problem was at the doorstep in 1999,"
he said.

Post Gazette

-- spider (spider0@usa.net), October 22, 2000